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Munich, present day. Master DJ Osaka Best has disappeared, mysteriously vanishing in a flash of blinding light during the climax of his set at Robot Mitchum nightclub. Enter, Hector Umbra—Osaka's best friend and artist-turned-detective—to solve the mystery of a lifetime.
61 hours, seven packs of cigarettes and countless phone calls later, Hector springs into action, turning over every dirty stone in Munich on the hunt for the displaced DJ. It soon transpires that all is not as it seems, and our hard-boiled painterly protagonist finds himself embroiled in a plot involving religious freaks, villainous Elvis impersonators, aliens and even the dead themselves.
The first of German creator Uli Oesterle's long-form works to appear in English, Hector Umbra combines sci-fi, occult, noir and clubland influences in one explosive narrative. With a visual style reminiscent of Mike Mignola, English-speaking readers of all varieties are sure to fall in love with Oesterle's work.
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While "Mad Men" fans eagerly await the July start of Season 4, the show's cast and crew delivered a surprise on Tuesday: a behind-the-scenes peek at a gag performance of a "Bye Bye Birdie."
Abdul Stone Jackson, who edits special features for the show's DVD releases, posted a five-minute gag reel of the cast and crew dancing and singing along to the classic song from the '60s musical.
"We put it together for the end of the season party for (series creator) Matt Weiner," Jackson told Popcorn Biz.
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The clip was shot over a three-day period during the filming of Season 3 on the show's LA set. Between takes, Jackson played scenes from the 1963 film for the cast and crew before they hopped in front of the camera to film their spots.
When we called Jackson in Los Angeles, he was surprised to hear that the clip was quickly becoming a viral hit -- he had only put it up on YouTube to show a few friends in New York.
"All of my friends are avid, avid, avid Mad Men fans, including myself, and they were just dying to see it," he said.
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While much of the economy was floundering in the third quarter, Intel posted revenues of $10.2 billion and net income of $2 billion, which amounted to earnings of 35 cents per share.
Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini remarked in a company release that the profits reflected a "strong across-the-board execution and best-of-class products."
Wednesday Intel announced the acquisition of Austin-based NetEffect Inc., for $8 million. NetEffect specializes in Ethernet products that includes Ethernet adapters "for servers and blade configurations" and 10-gigabit Ethernet Specific Integrated Circuits.
In a statement about the acquisition, Intel's Tom Swinford, general manager of the Intel LAN Access Division, said the move will address customers' "10-gigabit Ethernet needs, including server virtualization, convergence of network and storage traffic and server computer clusters."
Intel's current 10GbE server adapters feature single- and dual-port solutions for both copper and fiber. NetEffect brings "complementary High Performance Network Interface Card (NIC) products" to the company's portfolio.
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Give your friend the gift of encouragement with these easy homemade gift ideas. The Friendship Jar is possibly the thriftiest, easiest of the homemade gifts to make.
- Decorative Jar with wide mouth
- Ribbon or other embellishment
- Handwritten or computer generated positive words on slips of paper
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- Pen or Computer with printer
- Scissors or Fiskars Personal Trimmer
- You can find fun jars at thrift shops and garage sales, you just want a wide mouth jar so it's easy to put your slips of paper in and out of the jar. You can tie ribbon or embellish the jar with your favorites.
- Handwritten messages: Cut slips of paper with scissors or personal trimmer. You can use one color of paper or use several, personalize this to the event or person getting the Friendship Jar. Write out positive words or statements. For example if this is for a special aunt you could write out all the things you love about her from her pretty smile to her fabulous chocolate chip cookies. Fold up the slips of paper and place in jar. I always recommend handwritten notes because the message and words just seem more unique written by you!
- Computer generated messages: This is easy and quick, and if you are a neat freak using a computer will make you happier. Have fun and play with fonts and font size! Write out positive messages and words like described in Step 2. Print. Using your scissors or personal trimmer cut into slips of paper, fold, and place in jar!
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Nov 30, 2018
This friendship jar idea is so cool and a great idea if your little ones want to make you a Mother's day gift all you would need to do is get them so cool jars and lay out ribbon and let them design their own. This is also a good way to let them make something special for their friends. Let them create their own sayings too and print them out for them or just let them write their own. Great project idea.
Marilyn B
Jun 06, 2017
If you check out some estate sales, or resale show, you can find some beautiful glass jars or even decorative vases or vintage tins that would serve as lovely and unique vessels for this project. In addition to inspirational sayings or compliments, you can also do,the coupon thing, like, this slip of paper good for a back rub, or an errand, etc for Mother's Day.you could also embellish your jar or vessel with some beads or little glued on jewels for a bit of bling!
Apr 25, 2017
What an incredibly sweet and beautiful gift to make for a friend! I love this idea because it's so positive and uplifting. We all have those days where we feel kind of down - how wonderful to have reminders of our talents and what others see in us!
hicup98 6471149
Jun 07, 2012
I have made something like this for my friends before. Once I took one of those picture "trees" (where it has the coils and you just put the pics in them) and printed off words in different fonts and laminated them so they wouldn't tear and put those in the picture places. I think I called it her "I am" tree or something like that. The other time I had a notebox that had orig come with a notecard set in it (about the size of 4x6 or so) and used the box (it said WISH on it) and then made out of scrapbook paper sayings about her, etc. I had contacted mutual friends and then some of her family to get thoughts about her from them. I included a card that said that we wish she could see herself how we see her. Those work too. It is something that is easy to do, but has so much impact. I have never thought about a jar before (not sure why), but I will probably be using this in the near future.....
Crafter 21374
May 20, 2012
annick1960 - are you so perfect and pristine that mistakes aren't allowed in your world?
Sep 01, 2012
Is this a joke or just a good sacastic remark? I saw nothing about anyone said about being perfect and I know not a single soul in this world that is perfect.
kreed07 9722626
May 06, 2012
I was wracking my brain for Mother's Day gift ideas. I'm blessed to still have living grandmothers. One is in a nursing home and gets incredibly lonely and often feels that most people have "forgotten" her. The other lives alone, and she too gets lonely. What a terrific way to brighten their spirits and remind them both how beautiful and amazing they are to our family. Nothing lame about that!
Feb 22, 2012
I absolutely LOVE this idea, even if it wasn't what I was looking for at the time. Thank You.
caroleann77 209956 0
Jan 14, 2012
Whut a thawtful kraaf two maak fer sumone yu luv. An Ick 1960, Yu shude tri it. It wood be so purfeck if dunn buy Yu, yu Preeema Donner.
weedwoman7 1352700
Jan 08, 2012
Annick1960, What would someone put in yours? You are mean. You are crabby. You are full of spite.
Jan 07, 2012
This is a wonderful idea! I'm going to make a variation of the idea for my knitting groups friends. I have lots of nice things to say about them.
Nov 27, 2011
Well "annick1960" - what would someone put in your jar ? This suggestion just solved a number of gift decisions for me - and, it'll be fun to think up all the good points, and, I'll be adding quick little reminders of memories. Not just for Christmas, but all kinds of days ! Thank-you to Maria Nerius for sharing.
Aug 22, 2011
This is a WONDERFUL project!! I've always wanted somebody to make one for me!!
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Jun 07, 2012
I know, me too.
Aug 18, 2011
I think this is a very sweet gift for someone. As for annick's remark about spelling, no one is perfect. And if you think you are prefect then you think you are better and more perfect than God. People like you shouldn't even be in here with those kind of remarks. God Bless You any way.
Dottie P
Aug 18, 2011
I received one of these wonderful jars last year from my "secret sister" at church. It was the highlight of my gifts from her for the year. She had so many kind and sweet things to say to me. Now when I'm feeling a little blue or stressed I get my jar and see what someone else thinks of me. It's great! For anyone thinking this is a "lame" project, you just don't know what your thoughtfulness will do for another person.
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Aug 04, 2011
thought annick 1960 was a bit nasty in their comment, it must be boring for them to get everything right all the time.
prioux0317 3914659
Jul 21, 2011
I received a similar gift one year from one of my high school students. I still enjoy reading and rereading the uplifting messages.
Apr 30, 2011
This is a nice idea for a "shut in" too. When they feel lonely they can look and read just how much someone thought of them. To: annick1960 it could have been that a younger person or someone was in a hurry or someone learning english spelled "listner". My kids were taught the "phonics sayit spellit" when they were in early grades. To criticize someone's creativeness is shallow and rude. I sure hope if you put something on here that it is PERFECT. I'll definately be looking for your crafts.
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Apr 03, 2011
This is not a lame project Annick. This project is perfect for someone who has everything. You could put one a day for a year and that person could pull one out each morning. How rude of you to complain about spelling, everyone that I know has made a mistake spelling when using the keyboard. I am sure you have but no one was rude to complain about it. We are not perfect we do make mistakes and if this is all you have to do is complain about the project and misspelled words then I feel sorry for you!
Apr 03, 2011
That is a lame project. Besides, before you post a project, you should at least check your spelling: on the picture, "good listener" is spelled wrong (good listner) - Please!!! Go back to 2nd grade!!!
Sep 01, 2012
And I guess you have never made a mistake in your life? Not even one that no one knows about but you. If I were making this for you it would only include bad things that people could say about you. I enjoy looking at all the crafts from this site even though I have seen some of them in other places before and have even done some of them before seeing them here. If you find the crafts here so "lame" I would think that you have already unsubscribed from this site. You are the only one i have ever seen criticize the crafts except to say the patterns are hard to follow or there was a mistake in pattern so and so. PLEASE, unsubscribe, the rest of us crafters dont want to see you so unhappy with what is offered on here. Thanks FAVECRAFTS for all the ideas you offer as a FREE site for all us nonperfect crafters.
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In August of 2005, former Governor Mike Easley signed into law legislation that established the so-called "North Carolina Education Lottery." From the very start, the proposal sharply divided the public; opponents considered the lottery a regressive, thinly-disguised tax on the poor. And it hasn't been without controversy ever since.
During the closing days of the 2005-2006 session, Democrats held a narrow majority in the General Assembly. At the time, the Senate consisted of 29 Democrats and 21 Republicans, while the balance in the House was tighter — 63 Democrats to 57 Republicans.1 The Democrat-led House supported passage of the lottery bill, but its chances to become law seemed unlikely, since it was opposed by a narrow bipartisan coalition of just enough Republicans and Democrats in the state Senate. Enough — by just two votes.
But something tricky was about to happen that would make even Frank Underwood blush.
After a marathon 20-hours on the floor to close the final week of the 2005-2006 session, the Senate's then President Pro-Tem (Democrat Marc Basnight) told his colleagues and the press that official business had been concluded and that no more votes would taken for the year — meaning the Education Lottery wouldn't be considered again until the legislature came back in May of 2006. The General Assembly would only reconvene for the next legislative day (a Tuesday) to say their goodbyes and adjourn sine die.
But over that weekend, Basnight learned that two Republican Senators who were on record as opposing the lottery bill planned to be absent on the day the Senate would adjourn for the year. Since no votes were to be taken, Senator Harry Brown (of Onslow County) hoped to be abroad on his honeymoon, and Senator John Garwood (of Wilkes County) wanted to be home to recover from a serious infection — instead of going back to the state's capital for what should have been a largely ceremonial event.
Seizing on the opportunity of the two absent Senators, at the last minute the President Pro-Tem called for a special vote without them and, as anticipated, the new vote count was now a tie: 24-24. Had they been present, the bill would never have passed.
According to our state constitution, if there is ever a tie in the Senate, the Lieutenant Governor (who also acts as President of the Senate) gets to cast the tie-breaking vote. And Democrat Bev Perdue, who was Lieutenant Governor at the time, was ushered in right on cue.
But when the Third Reading of the bill was about to be taken, Republican Senator Hugh Webster (of Alamance County) voiced his objection: he said that the upcoming vote was in violation of Article II Section 3 of the North Carolina State Constitution, which requires that any bill that raises revenue be "read in" three separate times on three separate days by both Chambers.
Lieutenant Governor Perdue, who supported the lottery (and was presiding on the floor) countered that because lawmakers had previously voted to suspend the rules, a vote could be taken immediately — and not held over for another day as is normally required. Senator Webster was overruled and Perdue cast the tie-breaking vote. The legislation was sent to Governor Mike Easley, who then signed it into law.
But wait, there's more!
Prior to its passage, Governor Easley had promised a skeptical public that any Education Lottery funds would be used only to "supplement and not supplant existing spending for education" and that he would in no way "recommend or sign legislation that reduced the state's spending for education." But somehow, that's not the way it turned out.
In a classic bait-and-switch maneuver right before the final vote, the language of the bill had been changed to allow money from the Education Lottery to replace other education funding sources. And, it's worth mentioning, be diverted to the state's General Fund.
This sleight-of-hand would soon prove useful to Governor Perdue, who faced a massive budget shortfall in February 2009. To help balance the budget, she emptied $50 million from lottery reserves. The next year, she diverted another $69 million to the state's General Fund, money which was intended to be used solely for school construction. These shenanigans prompted Dr. Terry Stoops to famously refer to the North Carolina Education Lottery as "Bev's piggybank."
In response, Representative (now Speaker of the House) Thom Tillis co-sponsored legislation in 2009 to remove the word "Education" from the lottery's name. "It's just truth in advertising," quipped Speaker Tillis at the time. That bill never made it out of committee.
Currently, of the billions of dollars raised from selling "Education Lottery" tickets, only 28% actually goes to fund education-related programs.
1(Editor's note: The year before, the balance of power in the House was evenly divided, with 60 Democrat members and 60 Republican members — and interestingly, for the only time in North Carolina's history, the two parties shared leadership of the body with Democrat Jim Black and Republican Richard T. Morgan serving as Co-Speakers of the House. It remains questionable if this novel arrangement was even constitutional.)


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The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that they have signed veteran goalkeeper Jon Busch. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"The addition of Jon gives one of the best goalkeeping corps in the league," said General Manager John Doyle. "He has been one of the top goalkeepers in the league during his career. We want to have competition at every spot, and this move allows us that luxury at goalkeeper."
The New York native played the last three seasons with the Chicago Fire, where he made 63 regular season appearances, posting 21 shutouts. In 2008 and 2009, Busch played in every minute of every match for the Fire and with Busch in the net, the Fire advanced to the Eastern Conference Championship the past two seasons. Busch took home 2008 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Honors, posting a franchise record-tying 10 shutouts and also winning the Fire's MVP award.
The eight-year veteran made his MLS debut in 2002 with the Columbus Crew, and played there through the 2006 season. During his time with the Crew, Busch appeared in 84 matches, starting 83 of those. He posted 25 clean sheets and won 25 games. During his MLS career to date, Busch has compiled a 60-43-42 record with 46 clean sheets.
In 2005, Busch earned his first appearance for the United States national team, posting a clean sheet in a 3-0 win over Colombia. He was again called into national team camp in 2009, and dressed against Sweden, but did not play.
Busch spent five seasons in the A-League before he came to MLS, where he took home A-League Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team honors in 2001. He played for the University of North Carolina Charlotte for three seasons, and led the 49ers to a 1996 College Cup semi-final.
Transaction: San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) – Earthquakes sign GK Jon Busch.
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Position: Goalkeeper
Height: 5-10
Weight: 165
Born: Aug. 18, 1976 in Queens, New York
Hometown: Albany, New York
College: UNC Charlotte
Citizenship: United States
How Acquired: Signed by San Jose Earthquakes on March 30, 2010.
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The Bulls players and coaches don't seem to know they have no chance to win the NBA title this season.
That ought to be the goal, especially when the face of the franchise is the Larry O'Brien Trophy.
But the Bulls players and coaches don't seem to know how to lose enough without Derrick Rose to make the lottery. Heck, they hadn't lost at all the last five games, showing zero understanding of the way the next championship team has to be built.
And so, if the Bulls were going to insist on winning and striving for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs -- it just keeps getting dumber -- then Sunday's game against the Heat would be great.
They would face the two-time NBA champions without LeBron James. This is their only hope of winning the Eastern Conference.
No, check that. The Heat without James and the Pacers without Paul George. Those are the two starting points when considering the far-fetched notion of this season's Bulls getting to the NBA Final.
The Bulls lost their best player, so other powers would have to lose their best players to even it up, and Sunday's game was going to provide a look at that.
I realize it's not a perfect preview. I realize it's only one game, a small sample size. And I realize Jimmy Butler was hurt again -- he's becoming as injury-prone as Rose -- just as people were carving his and Joakim Noah's faces on James' basketball Mt. Rushmore. (You people have to stop that nonsense right now.)
But hey, there are so few reasons to watch the Bulls that a game against the Heat without James seemed interesting because it's one of their only hopes.
Turns out, even that's hopeless.
Creaky Dwyane Wade nearly recorded a triple-double, Chris Bosh popped for 28, and the Heat forced the Bulls into a remarkable seven shot-clock violations.
Think about that. The Bulls had all that time to look around the court and move the ball without James circling and lurking and looming, and the Bulls couldn't draw iron.
The Bulls out-rebounded the Heat by 10, and still got killed.
You can tell me that D.J. Augustin went 0-for-10 and that was a big reason why. Yes, and I'll tell you the Heat was a big reason he went 0-for-10.
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And besides, if you're going to cling to Augustin as a big reason you expect the Bulls to beat the Heat and Pacers to win the East, then you're dumber than the loons lifting Butler's and Noah's numbers to the rafters this season.
The Bulls got skunked for the first six minutes of the second quarter and collapsed in the third as if they were the Brooklyn Nets, getting scorched for a 16-2 run.
Noah went off on his teammates for playing without emotion and intensity because "those guys ended our seasons a lot. You gotta hate playing these guys.''
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690501, JET JTM-949EVS/230 Mill With X-Axis Powerfeed
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690501, JET JTM-949EVS/230 Mill With X-Axis Powerfeed
Constructed using the Meehanite® casting process. The new Electronic Variable Speed Milling Machines provide consistent and reliable operation and newly designed column and base incorporates a ridged, robust design.
- New! JET designed Certified Meehanite® casting with enhanced ribbing ensures rigidity and tolerance retention
- Swing away control box houses an e-stop and puts all controls at the operators fingertips
- The innovative design of the machine base provides an easier solution to level the machine without raising it up off the floor
- Automatic oiler releases 3 to 6 cc/cy of lubrication every 30 minutes
- For added safety, the heavy-duty spindle break stops the spindle and interrupts the power, preventing accidental start-ups
- The electrical box has been relocated to the back of the mill and houses two 115V outlets for powered accessories
- CSA/CUS Certified
- Class 7 spindle bearings support the spindle for maximum rigidity in heavy cutting applications
- Spindle head is internally cooled extending bearing, belt and motor life
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Welcome to the all new Project 34, the definitive web site dedicated to the worlds first six wheeled F1 Car, the Tyrrell P34. This site contains a lot of information on the P34 which has taken me many years to accumulate. I started the site purely as a hobby project but over the years it has growen into something else.
I have always been a motorsport enthusiast and work as a mechanic and engine systems engineer for a historic racing team and have been lucky enough to meet many of the people connected with the original P34 project. As the site has grown in size and popularity, more and more people from all over the world have contributed pictures and information and my thanks goes out to all those who have, without them this site would not be what it is now.
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WINCHESTER police are growing increasingly worried a man missing since Monday.
Leslie Hughes, 51, from Hyde Gate, was last seen leaving his home at about 7am.
The police say it is out of character for Mr Hughes, who suffers with depression, to go missing.
Mr Hughes, who is also known as Lee , is described as: six feet tall. Thin build, with grey hair, a thin face with front teeth missing, speaks with a Liverpool accent and is likely to be wearing a green mac.
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- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup olive oil (not extra-virgin)
- 1 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups coarsely grated zucchini (about 8 ounces)
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 8-ounce package Philadelphia-brand cream cheese (do not use reduced-fat or fat-free), room temperature
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Recipe Preparation
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Line 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides with parchment paper. Coat parchment paper with nonstick spray.
Whisk flour, baking powder, coarse salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in medium bowl to blend well. Whisk oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in large bowl to blend well; fold in flour mixture, then grated zucchini and pecans. Transfer cake batter to prepared pan.
Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack, about 1 hour. Cut around sides of pan to loosen. Turn cake out onto platter; peel off parchment paper.
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in medium bowl until blended. Beat in sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Spread frosting thickly over top of cake. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
Cut cake into wedges and serve.


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ORLANDO, Fla. – Milk and cookies. It's a common after-school or before-bed snack.
But an Orlando Nemours Hospital doctor says that combination may be to blame for a new illness, which she calls the "milk and cookie disease."
Becky Giambrone said her 5-year-old Jonathan is full of life, but she began to see symptoms that were starting to make him sluggish and moody.
"He was very uncomfortable. He didn't sleep well. He was restless and woke up every morning with black underneath his eyes because he wasn't sleeping well enough," said Giambrone.
She said at night her kindergartner sounded more like an old man snoring.
"The sound was like an adult man pulling paint off the walls," said Giambrone.
After a number of allergy tests, doctor's visits and prescriptions they went to visit ear nose and throat surgeon, specialist Dr. Julie Wei at Nemours Children's Hospital.
"Maybe it's not a cold, it's not allergies especially when you have already had allergy testing. Maybe your kid has the milk and cookie disease," said Wei.
Wei said she asked Giambrone what she was feeding Jonathan. She told Wei her son had a glass of milk before bed.
And there it was, the common denominator of hundreds of patients telling the same story. They were congested at night with a stuffy and runny nose, a sore throat in the morning, nighttime coughing, constipation, and there was a lot of dairy and sugar in their diet, especially in the evenings.
Wei explained that sugar turns the stomach into a highly acidic environment and all their diary builds a layer of mucus.
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Wei now advises parents to keep a food diary and keep track of the amount and timing of dairy.
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She also gives families, like the Giambrone's, a lifestyle prescription. The golden rule to follow is no sugary snacks and no milk 90 minutes before bed.
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Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery–- but the University of Virginia has two imitators in cyberspace that it doesn't find sufficiently flattering to tolerate: a Middle Eastern university with a similarly styled website, and a creepy blog that purports to be an official UVA website, but smells more like rumor-mongering Juicycampus.com.
"We got three emails from media representatives in the Middle East saying that the Islamic University of Gaza has ripped off our website," says UVA spokeswoman Carol Wood. "Ours is totally copyrighted."
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The Islamic University of Gaza did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Hook about its allegedly purloined website design.
"It seems to me there's some likely copying here, but would it be a close case as to whether the copying would make them liable," says UVA law prof Chris Sprigman, noting that jurisdiction presents an even dicier issue. "I don't know if Gaza has a functioning judicial system," he says.
"What's the harm here?" he asks. "The Islamic University of Gaza and the University of Virginia are not in hot competition for students and faculty. Sending a letter seems a little bit like a giant versus a pygmy."
As for the fake University of Virginia news blog, with its first words of attribution it makes clear it's not an official organ: "Students and Memeber's [sic] of UVA." Speaking of organs, photos of genitalia and slurs against women provide hefty clues this isn't a site sanctioned by Mr. Jefferson's university.
The blog seems to document a bad break-up, and because at least one or both parties named on the site–- a man and woman who used to date–- are victims of potentially libelous comments, the Hook is not identifying them. Wood is concerned about the blog for a couple of reasons.
"We have our new blog [uvatoday.org/blog], and the name is so similar," she says. "It's using the University's name to confuse people and to legitimize something that's not the University."
Wood sent a request to Google, which owns Blogger, to force the anonymous creator "to immediately change the name of this site and delete any reference to the University of Virginia as the source of the content for the blog."
"We take violations of the Terms of Service very seriously, as such activities diminish the experience for our users," says a Google spokesperson, who requested his name not be used. "If we determine that flagged content violates our Terms of Service, we act quickly to remove it. In this instance, we have found that the University of Virginia News blog does not violate our Terms of Service."
Yet Blogger's own standards include several conditions that seemingly would warrant removal of the fake UVA site: hate against a protected group, adult or pornographic images, and impersonated user identity.
Google has put up a content warning to notify readers they "may find the content of this blog objectionable."
"There's a trademark issue here," says law prof Sprigman. Many universities, including UVA, trademark their names. "The blogger uses the name in a way that might have people thinking wrongly his blog is associated with the University."
Google could be liable for contributory trademark infringement, says Sprigman, but it's "quite difficult" to prevail. A better bet for UVA would be to "subpoena the service provider–- Google–- to get the IP address to get the name of the infringer," he advises.
The two web situations are not equal, says UVA spokesman Jeff Hanna. The blog "is a disturbing one with our name on it and is more egregious."
Just before this story went online, the Islamic University of Gaza appears to have altered its website to less obviously mimic UVA's design. And anyway, Hanna reports that UVA is launching a new website in a month that will make concerns about the Gaza university site "moot."
[The original online version of this story provided a link to the creepy blog, but in the interests of not exacerbating the harm that might be done by the anonymous blogger, the creepy blog has been delinked– editor. 4:33pm, Wednesday, July 30]
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Much ado. I wouldn't expect the University of Virginia News blog to be sponsored by UVA. I would expect it to be a blog about news of the community of UVA just like the Cavalier Daly. Where's the harm? Can I have a blog that's named Yahoo Email Haters News blog without someone thinking that it's sponsored by Yahoo? Yahoo is a trademark, can it never appear in print?
Why do people have a problem when an organization defends it copyrights or proprietary designs? The issue here seems to be "oh, its not a big deal." When would it be big enough? A school in the states that copied the design? "Oh, it's across the country and its such a small school that there's no competition for students there, either." What about a small school in Virginia? "It's still unseemly, David and Goliath and all." Point being, it's simple to say "that's not a big enough deal" to warrant UVA doing something, but it's not at all clear where one should draw the line about what constitutes a big enough deal. Thus, a letter requesting that anyone who copies the design without permission change their design seems entirely reasonable.
I disagree with Cville Eye on this one. Why shouldn't UVA take notice when someone writes a blog that heavily implies its connected to the University if not an official news outlet of the University? The web address of the blog isn't such a problem, but the text on the header is disingenuous at best and noting that it's not an official outlet of the University doesn't seem it would hurt anything.


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The biggest problem with Leverage is that the cast is so generally good and has such a nice rhythm that the show is too tempted to lean on them to get away with stuff. With Timothy Hutton at the head of a gang of thieves and actors like Beth Riesgraf (who never met an oddball line reading she didn't like) and Christian Kane (who does tough guy better than just about anyone) on the team, this is a solid cast of likable players, who have coalesced into an ensemble with genuine chemistry. It doesn't hurt that the show's central premise is so solid and of-the-moment that one can overlook its TV-iness. Yeah, the idea of having a bunch of thieves who steal from the rich to give to the poor feels like something that came up in a misbegotten focus group, but, dammit, everyone wants to steal from the rich and give to the poor right now. Mostly because we're all poor. But whatever.
So Leverage is a show with a lot of potential, especially as a fun summer time-waster. It definitely helps that it's one of those shows where you can learn something new in every episode (and not of the dry, PBS facts variety – the season premiere taught us all how easy it is for computer hackers to track our movements using security cameras!). It also helps that the heists are pretty solidly conceived of and plotted. None of this is rocket science, but seeing the team fall into their established roles and then seeing how circumstances force them to subvert those roles is a recipe for fun, undemanding TV.
More problematically, Leverage never quite lives up to that potential. As if coasting on the likability of the cast, creators John Rogers and Chris Downey and their writers are often too quick to lean on "breezy" as a default tone for the show. Yeah, it's fun, but the best fun shows (like Burn Notice and Chuck) also have emotional and dramatic stakes, and Leverage too often suffers from not having that. The episodes where it has (like in the first season's two-part finale, which strained the team to the breaking point and brought in Kari Matchett as Hutton's character's ex-wife), the series feels like something that could really grow on you. But most weeks, the show is content to let its cast, premise and solid plotting do the heavy lifting. It's not like this is a bad thing – few shows have even one of those three things – but it does leave the viewer a bit frustrated as to what could be, what might be.
That said, though, if the series was ever going to live up to its potential, it would take a break between seasons for the writers to figure out what about it needed tweaking and what should stay the same. So, that in mind, did Leverage make the leap between seasons one and two?
For now, it's going to have to be a qualified "not quite." The second season premiere, "The Beantown Bailout Job," is a fairly classic getting-the-band-back-together episode, since the first season finale scattered the team to the winds. To the show's credit, it wastes no time in reuniting the team. They meet again at the debut of Sophie (Gina Bellman, the one actor in the cast I'm not quite sold on) in a local production of The Sound of Music and are then quickly drawn into the intrigue of why, exactly, a man Nate (Hutton) pulled from a burning car wreck was marked for death and why Nate got drawn into it as well, an assailant coming to his apartment to kill him as well. In the premiere, Leverage feels improved, but it's not quite all the way there yet.
The main thing that feels improved about the show is the fact that the real world has dumped a ton of compelling material into the show's lap. The premiere could pretty much be a fictionalized version of one of those This American Life episodes about how the economy got this way, succinctly summarizing the current economic crisis and tossing in a joint plot between the mob and a bank to legally defraud the government. It's surprisingly fun, given how depressing the backstory is, and the real world component gives it that extra kick.
The show also moved production to Portland, Ore., in between seasons, and the city's grey, leafy exteriors are a pretty good match for the series' tone. Portland, like Seattle or Vancouver, can have the misfortune of not really looking like anywhere specific, but that generic Pacific Northwestern look somehow suits Leverage just fine. And, of course, everything that worked about the show in the past still works here, from the cast to the premise to the plotting. It also doesn't hurt that the writers aren't scared of playing up the personal connections between the characters in a way that they were in the more procedural first season.
But there's something still missing, and it's hard to put your finger on just what it is. Nate and crew are so well off that they're pretty much just robbing people out of the pure goodness of their hearts and the joy of doing the job. When they're in the midst of the job, this usually allows the show to slide by easily (like in that scene where Nate, Eliot and Sophie figure a way out of that seemingly deadly situation in the warehouse), but it's not something one spends a lot of time pondering once it's over. I think the problem here is that the show has followed that Robin Hood motif up to a point. It's got the heroes and the way they work together down perfectly, but it hasn't quite figured out a way to put their backs to the wall. Robin Hood works as a character because you always know that when he pulls his robberies, he's on the verge of being caught, of having his life ended. Leverage, content to be lighthearted, never seems to put its characters in that kind of jeopardy (though, OK, I was pretty shocked when it seemed like the show had killed Eliot at the end of act three). In short, this is a series in dire need of a Sheriff of Nottingham.
But as a light summer diversion? This will do quite nicely. It's not perfect by any means, but I tend to think it's a little underrated. There's a good show lurking somewhere within Leverage, and I'm going to keep up with it in its second season to see if that good show comes to light.
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- I seem to be the only person in the world who likes Riesgraf on this show. I guess I just enjoy actors who are constantly putting different spins on the line than you'd expect them to.
- Having the team move into Nate's apartment as their primary center of operations and mess it up in new and different ways seems like a positive development and a good source for character comedy.
- So does anybody else here watch this show? Anyone going to keep with it and hope for the best?


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The president was speaking Thursday at the same Univision forum, where the Democratic incumbent was expected to face difficult questions about the strength of the nation's economy and his unfulfilled pledge to overhaul the nation's immigration system.
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Battling the perception that he's not working hard enough, Romney on Thursday announced plans to launch a three-day bus tour across Ohio next week. His campaign also released a new ad featuring Florida Sen. Marco Rubio - a Republican rising star popular among traditional conservatives and Hispanic voters alike - promoting Romney's plans to overhaul Medicare.
The candidates' personal attention to Hispanic voters, backed by millions of dollars in targeted advertising, is designed to influence a group likely to play a critical role this fall - and for years to come. In an election to be decided in a handful of states with large Hispanic populations, Romney is fighting to erode Democrats' traditional advantage among the demographic.
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He downplayed his support earlier in the year for policies that would promote "self-deportation" of illegal immigrants, while suggesting he might favor legal status for young immigrants who serve in the military or pursue higher education.
"I'm not in favor of a deportation - mass deportation - effort, rounding up 12 million people and kicking them out of the country," Romney said. "I believe people make their own choices as to whether they want to go home, and that's what I mean by self-deportation."
And Romney assailed Obama's immigration record.
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The Republican nominee's attempts to get his campaign back on track ran into new difficulty in the form of criticism from rank-and-file Republicans concerned about their own election prospects in the fall.
"I have a very different view of the world," said Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada, taking issue with Romney's dismissive comments about Americans who pay no income taxes.
And Obama's allies are working to prevent Romney from gaining ground with Hispanics.
The liberal group MoveOn.org was to begin running ads in three swing states - Florida, Colorado and Nevada - on Thursday seizing on Romney's suggestion, captured by the same secret camera, that his political prospects would improve if he had Hispanic parents.
Romney repeatedly made clear he was joking.
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At the same time, a new GOP-aligned group called the Libre Initiative plans to air Spanish-language ads in Florida, Virginia, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and North Carolina.
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Those "dummy developers" weren't dummies at all. They were amazing. Smart, friendly, wonderful people, working in pairs with a sane process. This wasn't an exception. I didn't luck out and meet the one rockstar or the lone unicorn. No, this was a world where there was a system that worked to help people build strong web apps in a sane, sustainable way. The process held the promise that all those late nights, all the stress, all that constant re-invention of the design-wheel could be replaced with a systematic, repeatable, tractable practice for design. I returned to New York determined never to go back to the old way. I wanted to bring these things to design. I wanted to figure out how to do Pairing and Testing. Maybe it wouldn't be exactly the same for design as for development, but the benefits of these techniques were missing in design—and I wanted them.
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What would an Agile design practice look like? No one knew, but there were signs: how should a development shop interview a designer? Make him pair on his interview! It was intimidating and exhilarating, and a portent of things to come; of intuititing the right direction to go in, even if we didn't know how exactly to get there. Of adapting techniques on the fly to invent our way to a practice that married agile and design.
On my first day I came in, said 'hello', put on my headphones and started working in Illustrator. It was me at my laptop and two pairs of developers: one pair to my left and another to my right. By my second day, I took the headphones off and started listening to everything around me. One of the affordances of pairing is that there's talk all day. Listen, and you'll hear the development process unfold. I started to learn the rhythms of What's Important and What's Not, of what's a Real Problem and what's not, what's in interesting domain modeling question and what's an implementation detail. These are distinctions that the design world lacks good language for. These are also, coincidentally, some of the hardest things to learn when you're trying to learn to build software. This kind of stuff is really crucial, so I was fortunate to be in an environment where even while I was using Illustrator, these guys were coding and testing and pairing; I was absorbing the technique and practice the whole time. For me, that was the beginning of building an Agile design practice grounded in an Agile development practice that worked.
How's it gone so far? There're a lot of smart people working on the same problem. There's still a lot of work to do. Sometimes it could be lonely being the only designer in a shop full of developers, but now Pivotal's building out a Product Design practice, and it's a great environment from which to drive out this practice. (Want to help? We're hiring!). Pivotal's mission is to change the way the world develops software, and bringing Agile practice to design fits into that mission seamlessly. Agile Design practice has come a long way, but it's still years behind development. There's a lot more to do, and I'm grateful to be part of a team that's doing it every day.
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Three in 10 of the city's restaurants have failed Cortez Sanitation District grease trap inspections this year.
Due to a lack of resources, the last round of grease trap evaluations occurred more than five years ago, but sanitation officials re-launched those annual inspections this month.
"About a third of the food establishments we've checked over the past two weeks have failed the inspection," said sanitation superintendent Phil Starks.
The Cortez Sanitation District (CSD) first enacted grease trap regulations in 1979, and the last update to the rules were passed in 1998. CSD policy requires all businesses that serve food to install and maintain proper grease traps.
"Any grease can clog a sewer line," explained CSD manager Tim Krebs. "It can ultimately lead to health hazards when sewer lines overflow into someone's home, and it causes us greater headaches here at the treatment plant."
The last grease clogged sewer line occurred just last month. It took sanitation officials nearly three days and $5,500 to clear the line, Krebs said.
Starks is visiting each of the city's 60 or so restaurants as a courtesy call to help educate restaurant owners on how to properly maintain grease traps.
"The first thing I tell them is that I'm not there to close them down or fine them, but instead to make them aware of the issues," Starks said.
During his initial evaluations, Starks has already identified one locally owned restaurant that does not have a proper grease trap. A larger chain restaurant has also been instructed that its grease trap cannot be properly serviced.
"That's the case with most businesses," Starks said. "Perhaps due to lack of awareness, the grease traps aren't being maintained."
Starks said he is also informing owners that businesses are required to submit a report when grease traps are cleaned, including the volume of grease removed. Those reports help sanitation officials evaluate whether current grease traps are of adequate size to handle the load and how often the traps should be serviced, he added.
CSD guidelines stipulate that grease traps must be designed to contain less than 200 gallons of grease. In addition to restaurants and food establishments, automotive facilities where grease is used are also required to have grease traps.
Those found in violation of CSD grease trap protocols are subject to a $100 fine per violation. The last fine levied by CSD occurred in 2007, Starks said.
Krebs is hopeful to provide CSD board members with updated grease trap rules and regulations at their monthly meeting in March.
While individual homeowners are not required to have grease traps, Krebs encouraged residents to help by properly disposing of cooking grease, instead of pouring it down the drain.
Common sources for fats, oils and grease include fried foods; cooking meats; butter, ice cream and other dairy products; gravy and other sauces; along with mayonnaise and salad dressings.
Pouring hot water and detergent into the drain to dissolve oil or grease is a myth, Starks said. He said it simply pushes the grease deeper into the sewer line where it cools and coats the pipe.
Businesses or individuals with questions or concerns about grease disposal or clogs are encouraged to call Phil Starks at (970) 560-3962.
In other news, CSD officials at February's monthly meeting approved a $41,705 low bid for engineering services on a proposed N. Broadway sewer line expansion project. The project is scheduled to replace approximately 3,500 linear feet of sewer line.
District officials also approved a $1,500 low bid to create a district website, which would contain board agendas and minutes, regulations and fee structures. The website, which officials hope to launch as soon as possible, will not allow customers to make online payments.


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Educators Define Education Quality and Share Ideas on Leadership
Several hundred delegates to the National Education Association Representative Assembly gave up a Sunday of sightseeing in the nation's capital to attend NEA's 2012 Day of Learning.
The Day of Learning kicked off with a panel moderated by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, who led the discussion of what education quality means and how NEA members will define it. "We are very much student-centered, and now we have to move that forward," said Van Roekel.
The panel tackled issues ranging from organizing and engaging new members to empowering educators to become leaders in their schools.
"I don't think we can lead the profession by saying no," said Paul Toner, President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association who shared how MTA developed a bold teacher evaluation framework. "We have to put our own ideas out there."
Collaboration and leadership were the themes in the breakout sessions focused on developing local plans to address the key professional issues facing NEA members. Alternate compensation systems are a controversial topic in school districts around the country, but educators in Colorado set out to bring all parties to the table-- including educators, parents, and administrators—to design a pay system that improves student learning, teacher learning, and teacher leadership.
A panel discussion about the relationship between teacher leadership and professional compensation discussed the innovative project taking place in Jefferson County Public Schools, the largest school district in Colorado. Educators there are researching two key questions: whether financial rewards for teachers affect student achievement, and what are the best ways to support teachers through mentoring and peer review.
So far the results have been promising. "The crown jewel of the program right now is peer evaluation," says Kerrie Dallman, recently-elected president of the Colorado Education Association. "As educators we need to lead the profession and lead by example." Peer review has been extremely successful, she said, because some teachers had not been properly evaluated in more than 10 years.
"When you get regular, frequent feedback from peer evaluators, these changes are made immediately," she said. And that can have an instant impact on student achievement.
Peer assistance and review was also addressed at a panel titled "Collective Accountability and Collaborative Autonomy: Understanding Peer-to-Peer Responsibility. "
The idea behind peer assistance in review is that teachers play an active role in helping both new and veteran teachers become more effective. It is a collaborative labor-management process focused on supporting teachers and improving educational outcomes.
In Columbus, OH, more than 8,000 educators have been served by a peer assistance and review program that is more than a quarter century old. The program includes a heavily supervised "intern" period for new teachers, as well as supports for veteran teachers and teachers transitioning to new subjects or grade levels.
"This is not a 'gotcha' program," said Johnson, president of the Columbus Education Association. "It's a program about support." Johnson added that peer assistance and review has been instrumental in reducing turnover and burnout among teachers.
With more than 1.6 million new teachers expected to enter the profession in the next decade, teacher preparation was a hot topic of discussion at a panel aptly titled "Ensuring Classroom-Ready Educators is Everyone's Responsibility." NEA Student Program Chair Tommie Leaders talked about the importance of mentoring in helping new teachers hone their craft.
Dr. Janet Stramel, who taught middle school for 24 years and is now an assistant professor at Fort Hays University in Kansas, said veteran teachers also need to communicate frankly about the performance of student teachers with the students' home universities.
"Be honest with us," she said. "You know right up front if this is going to be a wonderful teacher or if this person needs more work."
Teachers weren't the only focus at the Day of Learning. Education Support Professionals (ESP) play a large role in the success of a school transformation. With 77 percent of ESPs living in the community they work in, they are more often better connected to student's families. Debbie Chandler, the Parent Intake Community Specialist at Rogers High School in Spokane Washington shared tips on building personal relationships with students' families to learn about the wraparound services they need at the "School Reform is Everyone's Responsibility" session.
Resources and wraparound services was one of four key elements to sustaining school reform the panel, led by educators working in priority schools in Washington state, discussed. The other elements include member quality and effectiveness, building leadership amongst staff and strong family and community support.
Educators also spent time discussing the national rollout of Common Core State Standards in "The Future of Public Education and Student Learning: Unpacking the Common Core State Standards and Assessments." The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led process to develop a common core of state standards in English-language arts and mathematics for grades K-12.
Lesley Muldoon, Senior Policy Associate, State Leadership & Policy Development at Achieve, Inc., said she was concerned that "reform fatigue" was preventing some educators from more fully delving into what Common Core will mean for their schools and professions. Katherine Bishop, a National Board Certified Teacher from Oklahoma City, OK, said educators should avoid looking at Common Core as the same old standards and assessments in new packaging.
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New York City, NY: October 29, 2019 – Published via (Wired Release) Future Opportunities at Global Mens Swimwear Market | Know Up Trends And More About Industry Tycoons, Emerging Growth Factors, Opportunities, Top Key Players, Target Audience, Capital Investment Status, Production, Prospects, Consumption, Cost Structure, Marketing Channels, and Market Dynamics Forces and Forecast to 2029
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I have been playing with my new camera this weekend. I have messed with a ton of settings trying to learn everything it can do so the pictures have not been 100% great since I am still learning. Hoping to have it all figured out soon! Enjoy!
Today Ryder and I spent a few hours in Annapolis. I needed to pick up the jackets from Chelley and then we went to Colleen's for lunch. I took a few pictures of the kids and Ryder enjoying the dancing snowman.
Here are a few pictures from yesterday around the house.Here is the Little People Nativity Set I have been searching for! I did find it at WalMart today. After some research my mom has found that it was more expensive at WalMart because it is a bigger set. There are more people in this set than in the one found at Target or even online at Fisher Price. This set includes the 3 Wise Men which are sold separately through Fisher Price online. So now we don't feel as bad about paying more!


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Beer Goddess make-ahead mashed potatoes
(with comments from her assistant, Chef Mongo)
Serves 10-12
4 ½-5 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes, halved (don't substitute Idaho or others)
4-6 garlic cloves, peeled (more or less to taste)
6 oz. cream cheese, warmed to room temperature and cut into chunks
1-2 tsp. onion powder (optional)
1 c. light sour cream
Freshly ground black pepper and salt
2 egg whites, slightly beaten, or 1 whole egg
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
In a large saucepan, add garlic and potatoes and cover with water. (You can add a cup of a malty beer in place of 1 cup of the water if you would like — just don't use anything too bitter.) Bring water/beer to a boil (Mongo likes to add kosher salt to the water until it's about seawater-salty) and lower heat to medium. Cook potatoes and garlic, (yes, boil the garlic!) covered, until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain well.
If you have a potato ricer, run potatoes and garlic through it into a bowl. If not, cut them into small pieces and put them into the large bowl. Then, use an electric mixer (or by hand, but Goddesses shouldn't have to work so hard), beat potatoes and garlic until well blended. Add cream cheese, sour cream and egg whites or egg and beat until fluffy. Season with remaining salt and pepper to taste.
Transfer to a 3-quart casserole dish lightly coated with cooking spray or butter. Dot the top of the potatoes with butter. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. (Will keep up to three days in the refrigerator.)
If refrigerated, bring potatoes to room temperature before baking.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake, covered, until heated through, about 50-55 minutes. (The Beer Goddess likes to take the cover off the last 10 minutes or so to get a nice crust on the top.)
NOTE: To make these a Mongo-style Meal, add some chopped bacon, shredded cheese, or even chopped-up leftover turkey!


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Aiming to sell its software to larger online retailers, Magento today released a new version of its software designed to handle larger product catalogs and transaction volumes. The company, a unit of eBay Inc., also released Magento-compatible versions of two PayPal features that let consumers order ahead and retailers to sell via mobile devices.
Magento Enterprise 1.13 is designed for the larger retailers and brands that are considering Magento, says Roy Rubin, co-founder of the open-source software company and chief operating officer of the Magento unit of eBay. "Over the past year Magento and our diverse ecosystem have continued to innovate on the Magento platform to support ever-larger brands, more robust product catalogues and more complex implementations," Rubin says. "We're committed to building upon the Magento platform enabling greater flexibility, performance and scalability to empower merchant growth."
One concern has been that retailers have had to completely re-index their Magento sites when adding products or changing prices, images or production descriptions. In the new version, they can partially re-index the site in seconds, Magento says.
If a retailer needs to reorganize the product catalog with a full indexing, that will take under one hour for a site that sells 1 million products, versus nearly six hours, an 83% reduction, Baruch Toledano, director of product management, told the 1,500 attendees at this week's Magento Imagine 2013 conference in Las Vegas.
Magento also promises faster performance with the new version. An Australian retailer that's tested Enterprise 1.13 says its pages loaded faster with the updated software.
"We have over 90 bedding stores across Australia offering a wide range of beds, bedding and bedroom furniture for every demographic," says Danny Smulders, operations manager at Forty Winks. "We were seeing slow page load times, especially for browsing the site. With Magento Enterprise 1.13 our page load times have nearly halved—without having to add additional hardware. The optimized indexing also ensures that new content appears online instantly giving customers immediate access to our latest products."
The focus of new release is meeting larger retailers' demand for faster performance, says Michael Harvey, chief operating officer of Corra, which develops e-retail sites using Magento software. "Making it faster and more scalable are clearly issues they have to address convincingly to go upmarket," Harvey says. He says Corra began working with Magento Enterprise software when it launched in 2009, and in the past four years the average revenue it receives from a Magento deployment deal has quadrupled, "which is reflective of larger and larger companies looking at Magento."
As part of the release, Magento also announced that two recent PayPal applications have been made available for Magento retailers and developers to use. One lets consumers with a PayPal mobile app to place an order on a smartphone and have it ready when they arrive. Smoothie chain Jamba Juice is testing this "order ahead" feature in California.
The other, called "in-aisle shopping," lets a retailer that has implemented PayPal Here—a device that plugs into a mobile phone or tablet and swipes payment cards—accept payments away from checkout counters for processing through PayPal. Both PayPal extensions are free to Magento retailers. PayPal is also part of eBay
Magento says 150,000 e-commerce sites run on Magento. Most run on the free Community version, and a new version of that software, version 1.8, will be released in two weeks. Some use a newer on-demand version called Magento Go, which starts at $15 per month for retailers selling up to 100 items. The Magento Enterprise edition, which includes an array of built-in features as well as technical support, starts at $15,550 per year.
Most Magento clients have been small to midsize retailers. But Magento executives point to the adoption of their software by retailers like Stella Dot, which they say generates more than $200 million a year in online sales, as evidence that bigger e-retailers are moving to Magento.
Magento executives also said today that they aim to begin beta testing of the next major upgrade, Magento Enterprise 2.0, in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Primary Care Offices to Hold Free Health Fairs
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will celebrate the end of summer with free, outdoor health and wellness fairs at two primary care sites this month.
The first, 'Grand Wellness," will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 10) at Grand Island Family Practice, 1801 Grand Island Blvd., Grand Island.
The second will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. the following Monday, Sept. 16, at the River Road Primary Care Center, Wellness Park, 624 River Road, North Tonawanda.
Along with free health screenings both events will feature music, food vendor Smoke on the Water, interactive healthcare displays and a jewelry sale sponsored by the Memorial Medical Center Auxiliary. Physicians and pharmacists will be on hand to answer healthcare questions.
Tops Friendly Markets Pharmacy will have flu shots available at the Grand Island event. The North Tonawanda event will feature child car seat safety checks by the North Tonawanda Police Department and free brown bag pharmaceutical safety reviews by Wellness Pharmacy. To receive a review, please bring your prescription and over-the-counter medicines in their original containers.
Children will be entertained by the Fidelis Care Fidelisaurus at the North Tonawanda event.
For more information, call 278-4570.
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